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Sourcing onFamilySearchFamily Tree

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Sourcing on FamilySearch Family Tree

Why?

By Cathy Pearce Anderegg – May 2014

#1. First Presidency Temple Policy

Message "Because of the sacred nature of this work, members should be diligent in assuring the accuracy of all information submitted for ordinance work." (Letter dated 16 June 1995 and signed by the First Presidency for all Church members, Ensign, September 1995, page 80) Validating information involves documenting and presenting the information used when submitting a name for ordinances. Submitting many names without research is not adhering to the counsel from the brethren. Please research and accurately identify ancestors before submitting names for temple ordinances.

Be a Star!

#2. The Open Edit Format of

Family Tree Also the Open Edit Format

Demands Sourcing

What is Open Edit Format?

It is where anybody can change anything on Family Tree: namesdates, places, relationships, etc.YIKES!

Checking the CHANGE LOG on a person’s page, allows you toRESTORE data that was changed,

And placing a WATCH on ancestors, alerts you by email thatdata has been changed, BUT …

STOP THIEF!

Adding Sources Greatly Lessens the Chance that

Someone will Change your Data

So How Do We Do Research and Add Sources?

But Is Research a Swear Word? Shhh!

Start at FamilySearch.org

And Sign In

Sign In, Click Name,

Click Settings

In Contact FieldMake Your Email

Public

That way relatives can work with you to make things better!

WE LOVE

YOU SOMUCH!

Then Click on Family Tree to see Your

Pedigree

See You. Then Navigate to someone who needs

Sources

Click the Name of the

Relative Who Needs Sources

From SummaryCard Click Person

On Person Page, See Research Help

Click SEARCH RECORDS

What? No Hours Spent at Microfilm Readers?

Nope, It’s Easy Peasy. Digitized Sources Show! Click

on Name.

See Indexed Record for Almira as mom of dead

child

Also see OtherRelatives, her Husband, SpouseOf Deceased

Click Attach

HUG yourself for

Indexing Records

Confirm this is the Same

Person

Check Husband, Father,Mother,Etc.

Click Attach

Give Good Reason for Attaching

Source Attached to Almira. Now Attach to Other Relatives

her on Record

Click Review

Attach Source to All Family Members on Record -

Husband

Change Spouses here

If more than one

Give a Good Reason for Attaching to Person

Click Attach

Attach to Another Person on the Record – the Deceased

Child

Add Deceased’s Data to Family Tree from

Source

Add Data - Then

Attach

See Sources on Person Page!

GOOD JOB!

#3. Sourcing is FUN!

Let’s Add Sources from . . .

Almira May Clawson Miller

Several Items Listed for Her

From Ancestry.comPhotos, Trees, Records

But Be Careful.

Many Errors Here!

From Family Tree Maker Online

Pedigree

Careful.

Errors

Abound!

My Trees.com – Fees Sites

All May Partner with FamilySearchErrors,Errors,Errors

Just Be Careful. Only FS

guarantees URL Links will Persist over time

And FSHistoricalRecords – Sources -Are the Most ErrorFree. So STARTTHERE!

More Google Items

Her Son

Findagrave.com for Her Son

What Else Can you Find on the Internet?

Pioneer Overland Travel Companies

Obituaries and Wikipedia Pages,Wills and Legal Documents,Court Records and Photos,

Videos and Much, Much More

See Slide Show Made

For Funeral, Wedding, etc.

Remember - Only FS

guarantees URL Links will Persist!

And FSHistoricalRecords – Sources -Are the Most ErrorFree

Easiest Way to Attach Sources

from the Internet

Use RecordSeek’s Tree Connect

to Attach Internet Sources

To Easily Fill in the Create a Source Template on Family

Tree

Click to Automatically Fill in This

Template

For Internet Sources

So Now You are a Real

Genealogist!

So Now You are a Real Genealogist!

Because …

You Know How To Source and do Research (Yikes!)With the Best of Them!

Congratulations!

The End

P.S. Sourcing wasn’t that

Hard …

And it wasn’t that Bad,Was it!

Ooops - Wait

The Real End

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